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How to: Turn Your Original Galaxy Nexus Into a White Galaxy Nexus

If you follow us on Twitter (why aren’t you?), then you probably saw the surgical procedure that went down last night between me and my Galaxy Nexus. You see, since Samsung and Google decided to release a grey or metallic version initially and then a white version months later, I wasn’t interested in purchasing a brand new Nexus, just to get the white color scheme. So as white housings for the device started popping up on random German eBay stores, I jumped on one to see if I could perform the switcheroo myself. After picking up a set of cheap tools from iFixit a month or so prior in preparation for this day, and the housing arriving yesterday afternoon, it was game time.

Was it difficult? Again, if you saw on Twitter, it took me all of 13 minutes. I spent roughly $40 on tools (but you may not need to buy any, I just wanted fancy ones), another $70 for the housing and back, and in under 15 minutes, I had a brand spanking new white Galaxy Nexus. Quite a bit cheaper than paying $450-$650 for a new one, right?

So how did I do it? Jump past the break to find out.

*Note – This was performed on the GSM Galaxy Nexus, with genuine GSM parts. The LTE Galaxy Nexus replacement parts are extremely hard to find since the white version of that phone is not out yet. However, this procedure will work exactly the same on the LTE version once we have those parts. DO NOT TRY TO USE GSM PARTS ON THE LTE VERSION OF THE PHONE. They will not fit and you will be out $70.

Or you spend $10 on a white Cruzerlite case which gives it an almost identical appearance

chad_wick89

is the white shell of any higher quality plastic then the stock shell on the nexus

http://profiles.google.com/bhinson15 Brandon Hinson

I feel like that *NOTE* should be in the title.. “How to Turn Your Original GSM GNex” blah blah

Andrew Elliott

this would be perfect with bgill55’s Ghost Theme…sexy white with a hint of black

lingling166

http://tinyurl.com/864qcpp

Master O’Disaster

The video was nicely done. Not something I would do, since I generally could care less what color my phone is. Never understood (and, glad I don’t) the near zealous appeal for getting a white case instead of a black case.

That said, why would the gentleman in the video care about changing his case color if he keeps his phone in the lime-green protective case he removed at the beginning of the video?

Chris

Because he can =]

Dan Lopez

Wow this looks very simple. Hope the LTE parts come out soon.

Yomama

this guy needs to get laid

SweatyBalls

this guy needs a hobby….

ObamaisaDouche

are you gay or something? seriously-WHO cares about the color of their phone??

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